documentary film

Synopsis

The young director Tomáš Vynikal arrives at the Roma ghetto in search of humanity. With an authentic approach, he finds true friendship, but also human corruption. Everything is kept in the dark when the city of Přerov sells the ghetto together with its inhabitants to a private company for the purpose of new housing construction. This company will only go so far to demolish part of the houses and end up insolvent. The work is also a picture of current social problems in the Czech Republic, where human dwellings are meaninglessly devastated. These inhabitants receive new rental flats from the state, thus another ghetto is being created and society is moving in a catch 22 circle. The film contains time spent from September 2010 to September 2020. The documentary is the feature debut of Tomáš Vynikal. This is a fully independent film without state nor commercial support.

— A short story by Tomáš Vynikal on the documentary Friends of the Ghetto 

 I was looking for a topical theme for a feature-length documentary in the Czech Republic. With regards to ghettos, I saw a window for creation. Ghettos in the Czech Republic are associated with xenophobia and contempt, and I wanted to show the positive side, so I started filming. The result was a friendship with many ghetto residents.

The search for human friendship in life never ends.

— PHOTOS —

from the filming

© Tomáš Vynikal 2023
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